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'7% Little Rock OctS 29—1820— M** James Bryan pr sir the arrival of my Brother was an unexpected pleas- ure to me though from his short stay and my Suffering half of the time with the fever has given me but little leisure to aee him-- Wheeler has without doubt called on you and given you Information relative to the town etc I regret my Broth- er had not arrived before he left this I am dissapointed that you did not come on as I think there is much requires your attention-- I mentioned in a forner Letter that T V Alley had left a bundle of Papers recepts notes etc—but without a Lisjht and so d&ranged that I could not tell ^hat to do with them-- there appears to be recpt of Judge Cummins for $235 dolls and his due Bill for 188—BP Cts— their is also a list of accounts and notes from B- to 6 Hundred dolls that I know not in whose ^ands they are placed— I will put in the hancs of Colo Ashly all such as appears due—and wish if Alley has a list a Copy might be sent me. account I beleive was not settled and I know not how it stands-- when I returned from Lon^ j?r&ne in August I found he had the Black Mule which I understood him he was to allow—Sever 1 Dollars for he has at different times called on me for Cash—which I can not pay untill his account is settled if you gave him permision to take the rule please Inform me on what ballance there may be
Copy of transcript for a letter from E. A. Elliott to James Bryan discussing matters in Arkansas Territory and encouraging James Bryan to return to Arkansas Territory to attend to his affairs.
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Elliott, Elias Austin.[Transcript of Letter from E. A. Elliott to James Bryan, October 29, 1820],
letter,
October 29, 1820;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth216416/m1/1/:
accessed June 12, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.